I’ve been seriously working on my genealogy for nine years. The past few, I’ve been in and out of fervor. If a wall ends up being bricked, that’s a downer (last year.) A new record with new info, that’s a motivator. I taped my 78 year old uncle two months ago and got some new [...]
Archive for June, 2009
History Detectives – the cure for the genealogy blues…
Posted in genealogy, tagged genealogy, History Detectives, motivation on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is curiosity really valued?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosity, values on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A local journalist, John Callaway, passed away last week. Watching a tribute show to him today, all of his colleagues at WTTW’s Chicago Tonight praised his intellectual curiosity. They all admired the trait and said it defined him. The man started at the Chicago City News Bureau, where you had to even confirm your mother’s [...]
The reality of the ’70s good girls…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 70s, childhood, good girls, Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert, One Day at a Time, Valerie Bertinelli on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the television screen, they looked so well-scrubbed and all-American. Many tween and teen girls (like me) looked up and admired Valerie Bertinelli, Barbara on One Day at a Time, and Melissa Gilbert, Laura on Little House on the Prairie. Both shows were typical 70s fare of family and lessons. The families were a little [...]
Pop…in all his glory…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged flooding, grandpa, pop on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Next year, I may pull out one of my dad’s many letters (he left behind the carbon copies.) There’s some interesting gems in there. But since I’ve been busy with yet another flooded basement (thanks, five inches of rain on Friday), I haven’t had time to peruse the copies. Instead, I’ll just mention some random [...]
Weather rant
Posted in weather, tagged rain, rant on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It has been raining for four hours straight – not predicted. Enough with the rain already. Nearly 2 feet of rain so far this year…GRUMBLE. The crab can hopefully go burrow back into the sand soon…if it isn’t too soggy…
Ready to serve…
Posted in animals, tagged aww, Cute Overload, Pablo, pup on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With thanks to the great Cute Overload.com, we have Pablo, the 10-week-old pup of Steve Z. He’s ready and eager to serve. What a trusting little face…
Stream wading…
Posted in technology, tagged radio, streaming on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just saw this article about radio station broadcast streaming from Jacobs Media, a radio consulting firm:
“Streaming – Radio’s New Transmitter and Tower”
Jacobs Media’s new survey reveals a significant rise in streaming radio.
iPhone owners are especially likely to stream their favorite stations.
When it comes to listening to AM/FM radio, “the next big thing” is something [...]
Yahoo 360 implodes…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged wordpress, Yahoo 360 on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just checked my old Yahoo 360 page and saw that they are shutting down 360 (surprise) on July 13. I think most people were figuring out that they weren’t serious about it, especially when Yahoo announced two years ago that they were going to phase it out. The pages and blogs continued on, but the [...]
